Board Meeting 03/15/1984

• Board Meeting Date: 3/15/1984
• Description: Minutes, Agenda, Memorandums March 15, 1984
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

At the conclusion of the discussion, Mr. Robbins moved,
seconded by Mr. Jackson, that the Board approve the draft letter
and support the position taken by the Director, Commissioner
Sparks, and the Upper Colorado River Commission to pursue objec-
tions to the 1985 water year Colorado River Operations Plan and
request that the Colorado Attorney General 's Office consult with
Messrs . Sparks and McDonald to develop a strategy to resist
unacceptable BR operation of the system in conjunction with the
Upper Basin states. Motion adopted by unanimous voice vote.
Agenda Item 11 - CRSP Power Revenue Proposal
a. Review of Status of Colorado ' s Proposal
Mr. McDonald briefly discussed the testimony presented on
H.R. 4275. This bill would allow the Lower Basin states to add a
surcharge on Hoover and Parker-Davis power sales for repayment of
some parts of the Central Arizona Project, river augmentation
purposes, and salinity control purposes . Since this bill deals
with power surcharges, it was a suitable opportunity to introduce
the CRSP power revenue proposal (Appendix G attached) .
Mr. McDonald also discussed his meeting with the Colorado
River Water Conservation District 's Congressional and Legislative
Affairs Committee on February 23, 1984. James Lochhead, David
Robbins, and David Walker also attended the meeting. The main
topic of discussion was the question of where CRSP power revenues
would be used. •
Mr. McDonald reported that the Colorado River Energy
Distributors Association (CREDA) met a few weeks ago and decided
not to take a position on the CRSP power revenue proposal.
Evidently, the CREDA representatives wanted to discuss the
proposal with their respective utilities before taking a
position.
Once Mr. McDonald finished discussing the above topics, the
floor was opened for comments . The major item of discussion
centered around the utilization of the power revenues to develop
the waters of the Colorado River. All agreed that the first
priority for the power revenues should be the reformulated
authorized projects . However, once these are completed, it was
obvious that the next priority would need considerable discus-
sion. The west slope water interests were adamant that the
revenues be used to build projects that would put water to use in
Colorado, west of the Continental Divide. The east slope water
interests were not ready to concede this point. Mr. Lochhead
made a motion to appoint a subcommittee to formulate language on
this issue for consideration at the May, 1984, Board meeting.
Mr. Jackson seconded the motion and the motion passed unan-
imously. The appointed committee includes : Messrs . Kroeger,
Robbins, Smith, Johnston, Lochhead, Getches, and Jackson.
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